Arbeitsamt in Litzmannstadt Urząd Pracy w Łodzi (Sygn. 217)

Identifier
irn51120
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.30
  • RG-15.258M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn51120

Extent and Medium

3,566 digital images, JPEG

4 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi (State Archives in Łódź), Sygn. 217. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the State Archives in Łódź via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in March 2013.

Scope and Content

Contains records of the Arbeitsamt (Labor Office) in Łódź, mainly regulations of general functions of labor offices, mandatory recruitment and deportation of Polish people to work in Germany, materials related to administration and official procedures, correspondence concerning military training of the Arbeitsamt clerks, a card-file of the arms plant in Łódź, police reports of Polish people who tried to avoid labor and their medical check-up, personal files of the Labor Office staff of Wieluń located in Ostrzeszów.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Wieluń (Łódź)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Deportation--Poland--Łódź.
  • Wieluń (Łódź, Poland)--History.
  • Polish people--Poland--Łódź.
  • Ostrzeszów (Poland)--History.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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